I worked with a company where I could execute the following...

Imagine please that my email address is: jsmith@company.com

I could go into my Email Service Provider's system (Experian Cheetahmail, e-Dialog, etc...)...Let's say I have a marketing email I'm preparing and it includes various dynamic content elements. To test each dynamic content iteration, I need to be able to send test emails to different email addresses.

To fulfill this need, my Exchange Server had the capability to accept values after a hyphen, without rejecting them...Forwarding them all to me. I did not have to pre-define any aliases. This was completely arbitrary and I could add whatever I wanted to after the hyphen. Examples of what I would use would be: jsmith-1@company.com, jsmith-test1@company.com, etc. I couldn't use spaces (obviously) but I could include anything I wanted after the dash, it didn't just have to be a number, (E.g. jsmith-applesauce@company.com).

When received into the Exchange Server, the system knew to IGNORE the hyphen, and all values after it, leading up to the "@" symbol...Therefore delivering all emails to my inbox successfully. Please note it "Ignored" it...It didn't "Strip" the values...I needed them retained when reaching my inbox so I could trace any issues back with the dynamic content in the ESP's system. 

Any ideas out there how this was done? Any native MS software add-ons for Exchange that will do this?

Thanks!

-Brian

Exchange does not support address tags/disposable email addresses out of the box. You need additional software for this, such as this: http://www.msexchange.org/blogs/walther/news/exclaimer-strengthens-its-innovative-product-portfolio-first-ever-disposable-email-address-software-microsoft-exchange.html

• Proposed as answer by Mike CrowleyMVP 3 hours 48 minutes ago